Supermarket/Grocery

Amurol Launches "Apples in Autumn" Promotion

A profile of Steve Spetnagel, merchandising and equipment manager for Coca-Cola

Product: Poland Springs and Calistoga bottled water
Number of displays: 400
P-O-P company: Lingo Manufacturing Co., Florence, Ky.
Distribution: Upscale supermarkets and convenience stores
Introduction: January 2001
Duration: Semipermanent
Construction: Wood crates, sheet metal, steel tubing, styrene signs
Display set-up: Field staff
Perrier's semipermanent display for its Calistoga and Poland Springs brands conveys an outdoorsy, natural image with its wooden crates that can be tilted to gravity feed the product.

Retail Category: Supermarkets: Food Items
Display Type: Freestanding - Temporary
Client: Campbell Soup Co.
Producer: Taurus Display Corp., Cherry Hill, N.J.
Size of Run: 160
Comments: This large-format shipper enabled Campbell Soup Co. to break into new accounts during the Valentine's Day season.

Retail Category: Supermarkets
Display Type: Temporary Freestanding, Aisle, Shipper or Pallet
Client: Tropicana Twister
Producer: J. Brown/LMC Group, Stamford, Conn.
Size of Run: 8,000
Comments: The twisting graphic draws consumer attention to the center of the display and leads them to the Frito-Lay tie-in. Retailers can customize the eye-catching header card to reinforce the promotion.

Client: The Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta
Products Promoted: Dasani bottled water
Comments: The addition of wire baskets on the cooler allows retailers to cross-merchandise health foods such as apples and bananas. The baskets helped bottlers gain incremental placement in nontraditional channels such as the deli sections of supermarkets.
Introduction: March 2001
Size of Run: 2,000
Construction/Materials: Blow-molded, 48-quart cooler; corrugated plastic base wrap screenprinted with UV-stable inks; medium-gauge wire